The LottoPlan team are always on the look out for new Lotto and Prize Draw opportunities and were pleased to be told by a blog reader that the good old fashioned Spot The Ball competition was still alive and in fact , thriving !

We remember the days when Spot The Ball competitions were extremely popular , featured in most of the national and regional newspapers as well as being promoted by the national Football Pools companies with a weekly Spot The Ball coupon.

The premise of the competition was straightforward – simply study a picture of some recent ( or not so recent !) football action and determine where the ball (which has been blanked out from the picture) would be by placing a cross on the form – the centre of the cross being the alleged centre of the missing football in the picture.

We remember heated debates with family and friends trying to decide where the ball would be – cunning plans were developed including drawing pencil lines from the faces of all the playing participants to see where the lines met and therefore where the ball must be !

Like a lot of cunning plans this didn’t end well because although the premise was reasonably sound it did not take into account other factors such as distance , perspective , body shape and speed of reaction of individual players !

So , now that nostalgia time is over , where do we find the newest , latest and greatest Spot The Ball competition ?

Look no further than Watchlotto – Watchlotto is an interactive prize competition allowing the public to win top-tier luxury watches, by using their own knowledge and skill. They operate in the UK but users can enter from anywhere worldwide. As well as doing this they also donate to charity every competition.

Watchlotto was established in 2016 with one aim – to give away as many dream watches as possible. It’s simple – pick your watch and pick where you think the ball is. If you have the skill, your dream watch is yours!

The winner is the person closest to the WatchLotto expert judge’s position – it really is as easy as that!

The website is easy to follow and easy to use – simply register , review the Spot The Ball picture and select the coordinates where you think the ball is located and pay for the number of entries into whichever Watch draw that you wish. We are duty bound to remind our readers that whilst this is great fun , it is still gambling so only bet money which you can afford to lose – you know how it goes “When the fun stops – STOP!”

We’re off to Watchlotto to get on this week’s Spot The Ball – click the banner below if you would like to do likewise ! ( full disclosure – we receive a small commission if you play via this link )